While Facebook feels private, it's can be modified to be somewhat private. First, to show this "many guidance councillors urge students to... Boost privacy settings". Also "Kirsten kelly complained on Facebook about small tips... From customers... One happened to be... A Facebook friend". In this annecdote, Kirsten used privacy settings by making posts friends only. The reason why she was fired was because her friend told her boss about the post. This puts the friend at fault, not Facebook.
Even with privacy settings, it's not facebook' fault that you are mean to people; just not to their face. An example of this is " An applicant was denied... Because of offensive comments he had posted on facebook about one of his teachers". Also when" Emma Sullivan... Was a senior... A tweet she wrote... Almost got her disciplinary action... Two years later... She worries it might affect her chances at getting a job". These are two examples of people who thought Facebook was private and faced concequences. How is it facebook's fault that people assumed it was private so they made innapropriates comments?
Some people believe that it is facebook's fault that people like in the examples got into trouble. This can't be 100% valid as it directly contradicts all my previously statements. How can you blame facebook if it has never said it was private? People make assumptions, especially behind a screen. It can't really be facebook's fault if people are using assumptions as evidence.
To conclude, while there are differing sides to this argument, I highly doubt mine is incorrect. My examples show careless people making mistakes and assumptions. While Facebook is public you can make it somewhat private. You can't forget this, because if something goes wrong; it can only be your own fault
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